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About You
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Please check all that apply to let us know about your primary roles with
respect to W3C work.
* [x] application developer
* [ ] web designer
* [x] browser or other software developer
* [x] standards professional
* [ ] current or former incubator group chair
* [ ] other (see below)
Other role not listed above:
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W3C as Host for New Work
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Do you think W3C would be an appropriate host for this work? Please use
the comment box for any additional detail, such as why you think W3C would
make an appropriate host, why it would not, what we should change to make
W3C a more interesting option, why you think another organization would be
a better fit, etc.
* (x) Yes
* ( ) No
Additional detail:
Yes, W3C would be an appropriate host for this work. The Web doesn't have
a payment standard - it desperately needs one. We have told people that the
Web is going to transform the way they work, but have not provided a way
for individuals and companies to get compensated as a core part of the Web.
How do we expect the Web to transform how we work when we haven't built in
a core way to exchange compensation for work performed into the Web?
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Elements of W3C Offering
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Please rank the importance of the following elements for the sort of work
or work environment you want. Use the comment field for other important
elements.
* Importance of royalty-free patent policy for pre-standards documents: [
5 +++++ ]
* Importance of open document license: [ 5 +++++ ]
* Importance of individual (not organizational) licensing and other
commitments: [ 5 +++++ ]
* Importance of zero (or nominal) fee to participate: [ 5 +++++ ]
* Importance of easy transition to the W3C Recommendation Track: [ 7
+++++++ (highest) ]
* Importance of connectivity with significant players in industry,
research, standards, government (while maintaining vendor neutrality): [ 3
+++ ]
* Importance of technical review by broader community: [ 6 ++++++ ]
* Importance of W3C technical staff to help mentor, connect, and
facilitate: [ 3 +++ ]
* Importance of communications and marketing support from W3C staff: [ 3
+++ ]
* Importance of W3C brand for your customers or audience: [ 6 ++++++ ]
Other important components to an offering that would interest you:
Environment to get easy access to and feedback from the browser vendors.
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Meetings and communications
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Please rank the importance of the following meeting and communications
options. A low value means "don't like or want" a high value means "this is
important to the way I work". Please use the comment space for additional
detail or other important meeting and communications options.
* Importance of teleconferences: [ 6 ++++++ ]
* Importance of face-to-face meetings (say, 2-3 annually): [ 1 + (lowest)
]
* Importance of video conferences: [ 1 + (lowest) ]
* Importance of mailing lists (spam-controlled): [ 6 ++++++ ]
* Importance of irc: [ 2 ++ ]
* Importance of chat system(s) other than IRC (details in comment box): [
2 ++ ]
* Importance of blog: [ 1 + (lowest) ]
* Importance of microblog: [ 1 + (lowest) ]
* Importance of wiki: [ 2 ++ ]
* Importance of rss or atom feeds: [ 1 + (lowest) ]
* Importance of calendar feeds: [ 1 + (lowest) ]
Additional detail or other important meeting and communications options:
Most of the good work is done via teleconference and mailing list - W3C
Process and brand is the most compelling parts of W3C.
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Additional Infrastructure
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Beyond the communications tools listed above, what infrastructure services
do you expect while doing your work? Please rank the importance of the
following items, and if you have used the W3C infrastructure, let us know
your level of satisfaction.
If there are other important elements of infrastructure not listed here,
please let us know in the comment box below.
* ability to publish on w3.org
Importance: [ 6 ++++++ ] | Satisfaction: [ 5 +++++ ] |
* issue / action tracking
Importance: [ 6 ++++++ ] | Satisfaction: [ 5 +++++ ] |
* irc bots for connectivity with bridge, minutes, issue tracker
Importance: [ 6 ++++++ ] | Satisfaction: [ 6 ++++++ ] |
* version control system (cvs, mercurial)
Importance: [ 6 ++++++ ] | Satisfaction: [ 4 ++++ ] |
* tool for accepting review comments
Importance: [ 6 ++++++ ] | Satisfaction: [ 2 ++ ] |
* tool for managing how review comments have been handled
Importance: [ 6 ++++++ ] | Satisfaction: [ 2 ++ ] |
* test harness
Importance: [ 7 +++++++ (highest) ] | Satisfaction: [ 4 ++++ ] |
Additional infrastructure:
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